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While I have never met Bruce Forat in person, he was extremely cordial and knowledgeable when I sent him my LinnDrum for repair. His services are not cheap, though (he's among the most expensive techs I've dealt with over the years), so you may want to keep that in mind if you end up purchasing anything from him.<BR>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">On Mon Oct 18 1:58 , James Ulibarri <jamesulibarri@...> sent:<BR>
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<p>Crystalfontz America, Inc., 12412 East Saltese Avenue
Spokane Valley, WA 99216-0357<BR>
Tel: (509) 892-1200, Fax: (509) 892-1203, Toll Free: (888) 206-9720<BR>
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Bruce Forat used to build drum machines in the 80's and is responsible for the F9000 and F16 and a ton of other stuff. He now mostly mods machines or repairs them and custom paint jobs. I helped him do sysex dumps on his Prophet 10 till 5 in the morning a few weeks ago and then had to drive home 2.5 hours. Not your average friday night!<BR>
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Let us know how it goes. I want to replace one of my EII's display too. There is room for improvement there I think. <BR>
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<p>Thanks James, I've just tried a search at Crystal Fontz and there was no exact match but will email them the details. <BR>
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According to the EPR site, the EII display is the same as the SP12 and original grey cased SP1200, is that what you have? I've heard the 'Forat' name bounced about a few times now, where or how is he contactable? <BR>
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Thanks for your help. <BR>
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> Send the EPR pictures to the Crystal Fontz and maybe they can match it up<BR>
> with one of theirs. I did that with my Emu Command Station and the LCD came<BR>
> out beautiful (blue back-lit with white letters, verses stock green). A<BR>
> massive improvement over stock. You may want to touch base with Forat<BR>
> also. He has my SP1200 and he's fitting it with one of his blue LCD's in<BR>
> the 1200 now. He did my last one, and it's a *huge* improvement over the<BR>
> 20+ years old LCD's. And I think the the EII and 1200's lcd's are<BR>
> similar. Or you can throw in a $30 foil from Telesis, but I wouldn't<BR>
> expect too much there.<BR>
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> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 1:27 AM, jmp701 <jmp70@...> wrote:<BR>
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> > Thanks for the responses but they're out of stock at EPR:<BR>
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> > <a href="http://www.eprelectronics.com/store/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=49" target="_blank">http://www.eprelectronics.com/store/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=49</a><BR>
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> > I've already replaced the backlight and was looking to replace just the LCD<BR>
> > module (screen and PCB attached) as the characters are fading.<BR>
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> > I've now found some exact size (PCB and viewing area) new LCD modules, one<BR>
> > supplied with a backlight, the others without. 16/2 lines and 5V voltage is<BR>
> > the same but wouldn't know otherwise if compatible.... Does anyone know if<BR>
> > LCD's supplied without backlights can be fitted with them (i.e. with the one<BR>
> > I have currently) or do they generally not have the facility to insert a<BR>
> > backlight if not originally supplied with one?<BR>
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> > The two I'm looking at are Trident Trimods1538STNLEDTFV (with backlight) or<BR>
> > maybe AZ Displays ACM1602A Series (think this one is Sharp manufactured)<BR>
> > without backlight.<BR>
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> > Cheers.<BR>
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> > James Ulibarri <jamesulibarri@> wrote:<BR>
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> > > EPR has them.<BR>
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> > > Sent from my iPhone<BR>
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> > > On Oct 17, 2010, at 4:50 PM, "Gil" <gilwe@> wrote:<BR>
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> > > > Do you need the entire circuit or only the backlight ?<BR>
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> > "jmp701" <jmp70@> wrote:<BR>
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> > > > > Just done a search and can't find the info, so...<BR>
> > > > ><BR>
> > > > > Anyone know of an available replacement LCD for the EII? Closest<BR>
> > > > I've found to the original Optrex DMC-16207N-EB have slighlty<BR>
> > > > different outline sizes and viewing areas (by mm) and not sure if<BR>
> > > > these could be used?<BR>
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> > > > > If anyone has been able to replace one successfully, would<BR>
> > > > appreciate details of what LCD module they used. Cheers.<BR>
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